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Gary Andersen's 'Culture Change' inspired by book about New Zealand rugby team

CORVALLIS — To occupy the long hours spent on planes during the winter's recruiting stretch run, Gary Andersen thumbed through a book called "Legacy."

The Oregon State coach is the first to acknowledge he's usually not much of a reader. And he honestly can't remember who first recommended the book by James Kerr that uses the legendary New Zealand rugby team, the All Blacks, to teach lessons about "the business of life."

Yet Andersen found himself sorting through the immediate aftermath of what he freely calls the most difficult season of his career, a 2-10 debut in Corvallis that included an 0-9 mark in Pac-12 play.